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Record Information
ID:4436
Name:BnF_fr20506_f249
Current Location
Country:France
City:Paris
City:Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.249
Origin
Dates: -
Author:Jacques Nau, secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots
Sender:Jacques Nau, secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots
Receiver:Jean Arnault
Region:England
City:Sheffield
Content
Type:Cipher
Status:Decrypted
Cipher Type:Homophonic substitution, Nomenclatures
Symbol Sets:
Pages:1
Creation
Owner:83
Creator:83
Creation Date:2023-03-28 16:32:38
Access mode:Authentication required

ID 4436
Name BnF_fr20506_f249
Owner
Current Location and Name Paris,Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.249
BnF_fr20506_f249
Dates 1579 - 1579
Authors Jacques Nau, secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots
England Sheffield
Languages Cleartext:
Plaintext:French
Country France
City Paris
Holder Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Français 20506, f.249
Author Jacques Nau, secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots
Sender Jacques Nau, secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots
Receiver Jean Arnault
Region England
Origin City Sheffield
Start Year 1579
Start Month 10
Start Day 3
End Year 1579
End Month 10
End Day 3
Record
Type
Cipher
Status Decrypted
Symbol Set
Cipher Type Homophonic substitutionNomenclatures
Cipher Type (notes)
Symbol Sets (notes)
No. of Pages 1
Inline Cleartext No
Inline Plaintext No
Cleartext
Language
Plaintext
Language
French
Private Ciphertext True
Available Documents
Paper
Access Mode Authentication required
Creation Date 3/28/23
Key: encoded plaintext type
Key: numbers
Key: content words
Key: function words
Key: syllables
Key: morphological endings
Key: phrases
Key: sentences
Key: punctuation
Key: nomenclature size
Key: sections
Key: headings
Key: plaintext arrangement
Key: ciphertext arrangement
Key: memorability
Key: symbol set
Key: diacritics
Key: code length
Key: code types
Key: metaphors
Key: material properties
Key: instructions

Additional Information

The decryption (key) was published in George Lasry, Norbert Biermann, Satoshi Tomokiyo (2023), "Deciphering Mary Stuart’s Lost Letters from 1578-1584", Cryptologia, URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677


Created by:tomokiyo